(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud. / (obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle. / (obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.

In an ancestorial context.

comparative form of peaceful: more peaceful

(firearms) A gun barrel formed by twisting and welding strips of metal around a hard die; no longer commonly used now due to its inability to handle high cartridge pressure on modern ammunition.